Hello,
I would like to make some lamps, and I'm looking for a material similar to the one used by ikea in Fillsta lamps:
I'm interested in plastic sheet material, that lets some of the light pass through and that has ha certain level of rigidity.
Any clues of what material is that and where I could find something similar?
thanks in advance, Giulio
From your link
Shade/ Feet: Polypropylene plastic Shade holder/ Lamp cap: Polycarbonate plastic Leg: Aluminium
Presumably it is sheet at a guess between 0.5 and 0.9 mm
Something like this?
It's not what's used here, but Nomex sheet is good for lampshades. Available from RS, among others.
Cheers
Many moons ago, I found this sort of stuff at theatre and disco type lighting suppliers. I think in the main though they used to sell stuff that could withstand a lot of heat, which might not be required these days. Brian
ups, thanks, I really missed that. thanks for the link.. that looks what I was after.
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Gel, short for Gelatin, which was what colour filters were originally made from.
Strand Cinemoid used to be nice and thick, it was made by casting in blocks, by Courtalds (Ipswich?) and then sheets were planed off the block. Modern gel is like sweety paper , very thin.
Polyprop won`t work harden so makes a good hinge material, downside , virtually nothing will glue it , has to be mechanical fixings.
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